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The state also gets a 10% rake off the top, which is why child support judgments are so enthusiastically enforced.

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Is that the court fee or something else?

It's not a flat percentage exactly and it varies by state[1]. I'm not sure how I got 10% in my head maybe that's roughly the average?

That article says the average retained is about 3.8% nationally. It sounds like what the government is getting it from interest on unpaid support.

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Is that the court fee or something else?

User23OP2y ago

It's not a flat percentage exactly and it varies by state[1]. I'm not sure how I got 10% in my head maybe that's roughly the average?

That article says the average retained is about 3.8% nationally. It sounds like what the government is getting it from interest on unpaid support.

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